On Sat, Sep 27, 2003 at 08:39:36AM -0500, Andrew L. Gould wrote:
> Are there reasons a user would prefer console over ttyE0 (or ttyE0 over 
> console) in /etc/ttys?  Are there functional differences?

I have noticed in the past xdm grabbing console to use for xconsole, and at
that point not being able to log in on the first virtual console.

From then on, I would turn off console in /etc/ttys and turn on ttyE0.
That way the getty on the first virtual console still works after xdm grabs
console.

I think syslog sends some messages to console that it doesn't necessarily
send to ttyE0.

Cheers,

Ben
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